The expansion westward seemed perfectly natural to many Americans of the time including myself. Some pioneers believed that America had a divine obligation to stretch the boundaries of their noble republic to the Pacific Ocean. Well I have to say once we all heard Independence had been won in the Revolution and reaffirmed in the War of 1812 we felt pretty good about spreading our boundaries west. The spirit of nationalism that swept the nation and I was no stranger to it. It was partially the "every man is equal" mentality that fueled many of up northerners to follow west and dream of conquering all the way to the Pacific ocean. Me and my family may fall on some hard times in the travel, not really knowing what to expect but planning to make a life for ourselves in a new land. We agree that free labor is the best route to bring over to this new land.We want to have a chance to farm this land and make some money out of it, to support our family and have a booming economy. I would tell my none too wise southern brethren that slave labor is not the best choice because it takes away the jobs for hard working white men. We want to have plenty of options for the men who settle in the new territory and get involved in farming, we want then to know they can get hard working men that are not slaves.
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